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₁Bahlala iminyaka emithathu kungekho ukulwa phakathi kweAramu noIsrayeli.

₂Kwathi ngomnyaka wesithathu uJehoshafati inkosi yakwaJuda wehlela enkosini yakwaIsrayeli.

₃Inkosi yakwaIsrayeli yathi ezincekwini zayo: Niyazi ukuthi iRamoti-Gileyadi lingelethu na? Kepha siyathula, asilikhiphi esandleni senkosi yaseAramu.

₄Yathi kuJehoshafati: Uyakuhamba nami ukulwa neRamoti-Gileyadi na? UJehoshafati wathi enkosini yakwaIsrayeli: Mina nginjengawe, abantu bami banjengabantu bakho, amahashi ami anjengamahashi akho.

₅Kepha uJehoshafati wathi enkosini yakwaIsrayeli: Ake ubuze namuhla izwi likaJehova.

₆Inkosi yakwaIsrayeli yayisibutha abaprofethi kungathi abantu abangamakhulu amane, yathi kubo: Ngihambe ngilwe neRamoti-Gileyadi, noma ngiliyeke na? Bathi: Yenyuka, ngokuba uJehova uyakulinikela esandleni senkosi.

₇Kepha uJehoshafati wathi: Akusekho-mprofethi kaJehova lapha ukuba sibuze kuye na?

₈Inkosi yakwaIsrayeli yathi kuJehoshafati: Kusekhona umuntu munye, uMikhaya, indodana kaJimila, esingabuza ngaye kuJehova, kodwa ngiyamzonda, ngokuba akaprofethi okuhle ngami kepha okubi. Wathi uJehoshafati: Inkosi mayingasho njalo.

₉Inkosi yakwaIsrayeli yayisibiza induna, yathi: Landa masinyane uMikhaya indodana kaJimila.

₁₀Inkosi yakwaIsrayeli noJehoshafati inkosi yakwaJuda babehlezi, kwaba-yilowo nalowo esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi, bembethe izambatho zabo, esibuyeni ngasesikhaleni sesango laseSamariya; bonke abaprofethi baprofetha phambi kwabo.

₁₁USedekiya indodana kaKhenahana wazenzela izimpondo zensimbi, wathi: Usho kanje uJehova, uthi: Ngalezi uyakuqhubukusha ama-Aramu aze aphele.

₁₂Bonke abaprofethi baprofetha kanje, bathi: Yenyukela eRamoti-Gileyadi, ube-nempumelelo, ngokuba uJehova uyakulinikela esandleni senkosi.

₁₃Isithunywa ebesihambile ukumbiza uMikhaya sakhuluma kuye, sathi: Bheka, amazwi abaprofethi mahle enkosini ngamlomo munye; ngalokho izwi lakho malibe-njengezwi lomunye wabo, ukhulume okuhle.

₁₄Kepha uMikhaya wathi: Kuphila kukaJehova, lokhu uJehova akushoyo kimi, lokhu ngiyakukhuluma khona.

₁₅Esefikile enkosini, inkosi yathi kuye: Mikhaya, sihambe silwe neRamoti-Gileyadi, noma siliyeke, na? Wathi kuyo: Yenyuka, ube-nempumelelo; uJehova uyakulinikela esandleni senkosi.

₁₆Yayisithi kuye inkosi: Ngiyakukufungisa izikhathi ezingaki ukuba ungakhulumi-lutho kimi ngaphandle kweqiniso egameni likaJehova na?

₁₇Wayesethi: Ngabona wonke uIsrayeli ehlakazekile ezintabeni njengezimvu ezingenamalusi; uJehova wathi: Laba abasenankosi; mababuyele, kube-yilowo nalowo endlini yakhe ngokuthula.

₁₈Yayisithi inkosi yakwaIsrayeli kuJehoshafati: Angishongo yini kuwe ukuthi akayikuprofetha okuhle ngami, okubi kuphela.

₁₉UMikhaya wathi: Ngalokho yizwa izwi likaJehova lokuthi: Ngambona uJehova ehlezi esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi, nebandla lonke lasezulwini limi ngakuye ngakwesokunene sakhe nangakwesokhohlo sakhe.

₂₀UJehova wathi: Ngubani oyakuyenga uAhabi ukuba enyuke afele eRamoti-Gileyadi na? Omunye washo ukuthi nomunye ukuthi.

₂₁Kwavela umoya, wema phambi kukaJehova, wathi: Mina ngiyakumyenga. UJehova wathi kuye: Ngantoni na?

₂₂Wathi: Ngiyakuphuma ngibe-ngumoya wamanga emilonyeni yabaprofethi bakhe bonke. Wayesethi: Uyakumyenga, futhi uyakumahlula; hamba, wenze njalo.

₂₃Bheka, ngalokho uJehova ubekile umoya wamanga emilonyeni yalababaprofethi bakho bonke; uJehova ukhulumile okubi ngawe.

₂₄USedekiya indodana kaKhenahana wayesesondela, wamshaya uMikhaya esihlathini, wathi: UMoya kaJehova wasuka kimi ngaphi ukuba akhulume kuwe na?

₂₅Wathi uMikhaya: Bheka, uyakukubona ngalolosuku oyakungena ngalo emakamelweni ngamakamelo ukuba ucashe.

₂₆Inkosi yakwaIsrayeli yathi: Mthathe uMikhaya, umbuyisele kuAmoni umbusi womuzi nakuJowashi indodana yenkosi,

₂₇uthi: Isho kanje inkosi, ithi: Fakani lona etilongweni, nimuphe isinkwa sokuhlupheka namanzi okuhlupheka, ngize ngibuye ngokuphila.

₂₈Wayesethi uMikhaya: Uma ubuya impela ngokuphila, uyakube engakhulumanga ngami uJehova. Wathi futhi: Yizwani nina-bantu bonke.

₂₉Inkosi yakwaIsrayeli noJehoshafati inkosi yakwaJuda base benyukela eRamoti-Gileyadi.

₃₀Inkosi yakwaIsrayeli yathi kuJehoshafati: Ngiyakuziguqula, ngingene ekulweni, kepha wena wembathe izambatho zakho. Yayisiziguqula inkosi yakwaIsrayeli, yangena ekulweni.

₃₁Kepha inkosi yaseAramu ibiyalile izinduna ezingamashumi amathathu nambili zezinqola zayo ngokuthi: Ningalwi namuntu, omncane noma omkhulu, kuphela nenkosi yakwaIsrayeli yodwa.

₃₂Kwathi lapho izinduna zezinqola sezibonile uJehoshafati, zathi: Impela lo uyinkosi yakwaIsrayeli; zase ziphambuka ukuba zilwe nayo, kepha uJehoshafati wamemeza.

₃₃Kwathi sezibonile izinduna zezinqola ukuthi yena akasiyo inkosi yakwaIsrayeli, zabuya ekumlandeleni.

₃₄Kepha umuntu othile wansala umnsalo wakhe ngokungazeleli nje, wayihlaba inkosi yakwaIsrayeli enhlanganisweni yebhantshi lensimbi, yathi kumshayeli: Phenduka, ungikhiphe empini, ngokuba ngikhutshaziwe.

₃₅Ukulwa kwaqina ngalolosuku; inkosi yasekelwa enqoleni yayo malungana nama-Aramu, yafa ngakusihlwa; igazi lenxeba laphalazeka phansi enqoleni.

₃₆Ekushoneni kwelanga kwadlula ekamu* lonke isimemo sokuthi: Yilowo nalowo makaye emzini wakubo, yilowo nalowo ezweni lakubo.

₃₇Yafa-ke inkosi, yayiswa eSamariya; bayimbela inkosi eSamariya.

₃₈Sebeyihlanza inqola echibini laseSamariya, izinja zaxhapha igazi lakhe, nezifebe zageza khona njengezwi likaJehova abelikhulumile.

₃₉Ezinye izindaba zika-Ahabi, nakho konke akwenzayo, nendlu yezimpondo zendlovu ayakhayo, nayo yonke imizi ayakhayo, angithi kulotshiwe encwadini yezindaba zemihla ngemihla yamakhosi akwaIsrayeli na?

₄₀UAhabi wayeselala koyise; uAhaziya waba-yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe.

₄₁UJehoshafati indodana ka-Asa waqala ukubusa kwaJuda ngomnyaka wesine ka-Ahabi inkosi yakwaIsrayeli.

₄₂UJehoshafati wayeneminyaka engamashumi amathathu nanhlanu ekuqaleni kwakhe ukubusa; wabusa iminyaka engamashumi amabili nanhlanu eJerusalema. Igama likanina lalinguAzuba indodakazi kaShilehi.

₄₃Wahamba ngezindlela zonke zika-Asa uyise, kaphambukanga kuzo, enza okulungile emehlweni kaJehova. Kepha izindawo eziphakemeyo azisuswanga; abantu babesanikela, babesashisa impepho ezindaweni eziphakemeyo.

₄₄UJehoshafati wenza ukuthula nenkosi yakwaIsrayeli.

₄₅Ezinye izindaba zikaJehoshafati, namandla awabonakalisayo, nokulwa kwakhe, angithi kulotshiwe ezincwadini yezindaba zemihla ngemihla yamakhosi akwaJuda na?

₄₆Insali yezifebe zethempeli ezazisasele emihleni kayise uAsa wayixosha ezweni.

₄₇Kwakungekho-nkosi kwaEdomi; kwabusa umbambeli.

₄₈UJehoshafati walungisa imikhumbi yaseTharishishi ukuba iye eOfiri ukulanda igolide, kepha ayihambanga, ngokuba imikhumbi yaphuka e-Esiyoni-Geberi.

₄₉Khona uAhaziya indodana ka-Ahabi wathi kuJehoshafati: Izinceku zami mazihambe nezinceku zakho emikhunjini. Kepha uJehoshafati akavumanga.

₅₀UJehoshafati wayeselala koyise, wembelwa koyise emzini kaDavide uyise; uJehoramu indodana yakhe waba-yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe.

₅₁UAhaziya indodana ka-Ahabi waqala ukubusa kwaIsrayeli eSamariya ngomnyaka weshumi nesikhombisa kaJehoshafati inkosi yakwaJuda, wabusa iminyaka emibili kwaIsrayeli.

₅₂Wenza okubi emehlweni kaJehova, wahamba ngendlela kayise, nangendlela kanina, nangendlela kaJerobowamu indodana kaNebati ayonisile uIsrayeli.

₅₃Wakhonza uBali, wakhuleka kuye, wacunula uJehova uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli njengakho konke akwenzileyo uyise.